a Presbyterian minister, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, January 8, 1788. His parents came to America in 1793. He graduated at Washington College, Pa., in 1818, and spent over one year thereafter at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was ordained evangelist by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, N.J., August 1, 1822; became pastor at Bethel, Virginia, and died at Staunton, October 10, 1871. He was for six years secretary of the Board of Education of the Old-school Presbyterian Church. See Presbyterian, October 28, 1871; Genesis Cat. of Princeton Theol. Sem. 1881, page 24.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More